Charles Shyer
Charles Shyer
Charles Richard Shyeris an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Shyer's films are predominantly comedies, often with a romantic-comedy overtone. His films include Private Benjamin; Irreconcilable Differences; Baby Boom; Father of the Bride; and Father of the Bride Part II, The Parent Trap, The Affair of the Necklace, Alfieand Ieri, Oggi Domani...
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth11 October 1951
CityLos Angeles, CA
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To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make them cry,' and it's very hard to do so. If you ground it in reality, you get a more honest comedy. You don't have to reach for jokes to manufacture situations as much. And I think it's a type of film I do best.
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I finally feel, after six or eight, I don't know how many movies I've directed, I know what I'm doing. I really know how to direct a movie now, and I really feel confident. It's such an empowering feeling, ... Someone once said to me that every director wants their first movie to be their fifth because you learn so much along the way and I finally feel I've put it together.